Tire or shoe holder for automobiles.



F. W. EHRLICH.

TIRE 0R SHOE HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLlCATlON FILED JAN-4. 1912.

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TIRE 0R sHoE HoLD R roe AUTOMO ILES.

To all whom it may concern: I Be it known that I, FREDERICK \V. EHRLICH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tire or Shoe Holders for Automobiles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othcrsskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tojcharacters of reference a marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates, generally, to improvements in tire-carriers for autovehicles and the like; and, the present invention has reference, more particularly, to a novel construction of deviceifor carrying extra tires or shoes of pneumatic tires, and supporting the same upon some convenient part, of the vehicle, such as the runningboard of an automobile.

The presentinvention has for its principal object to provide a novel and simply constructed and ea'sily'operated device for carrying automobile-tires or the shoes therefor, the same being adjustable, so as tobc readily adapted to carry, and firmly and securely support automobile-Z tires or the shoes therefor of any and all sizes,

Other objects ofthe present invention, not'at this time more particularly enumerated, will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the said invention.

WVith the various objects of the present invention in view, the said invention con i sists, primarily, in the novel adjustable tirecarrier hereinafter set forth; and, furthermore, this invention consists in the several novel arrangements andcombinations of the various devices and parts','as well as in the details of the constructionthereof, all of which will be more fully described in the following specification, and then finallyjem bodied in the clauses of the claims which are appended to and which form an essential part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tire-carrier or holder made according to and embodying the principles of the present in- Specification of Letters Patent. l Patented Sept. 28, 1965.. i Application filed January 4, 1912. Serial No. 669,421.

vention, the same being shown in its proper vconnection with relation to the running board or other suitable part of an automo bile, and (having an automobile tire-shoe illustrated in its supported relation thereto. 1g.2 1s a detail horizontal transverse sectlon taken on line 2-2 in said Fig. 1, look- .ing downwardly, said view being drawn on an enlarged scale; and F ig. 3 is a detail vertical section, taken on line 33 in said Fig. 2, looking in the direction of thearrow. 7 .i Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the hereinabove described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the

reference-character 1 indicates the running board of an auto-vehicle, the same being other suitable fastening means. Each of said base-plates 2 is provided with a suitably disposed socket-like member 4: provid mg a receiving portion 5 of cylindrical or :tubular conformation. Each socket-mem- -ber4 is provided with a split or opening 6 extending throughout its length and in communication with said receiving portion 5, thus forming 'atone side of each socketmember, a reinforced projection 7, located at one side of said split or opening 6, and a tongue'or lug 8 located at the upper and other or oppositeside of said split or opening 6. In this manner, said socketmembers and their receiving-portions are provided with a clamping action or function. Said reinforced projection 7 is pro vided with one or more suitably disposed in ternally screw'threadedopenings 9, and said tongue or lug 8 is provided with one or more tingthe passing of lock-screws 11 through said tongue or lug, so that the screwthreaded shanks of said screws may be screwed into the said internally screwthread'ed openings, 9 of said projection 7, and whereby the clamping action of said socket-member and its receiving portion is obtained.

"suitable perforations 10-, the same permit- The reference-character 12indica-tes upsocket-members, each standard or arm 12 being provided with a foot-piece, as 13,

which extends preferably at right angles to the main portion of the standard 12, and each foot-piece being adapted to be received in the receiving-portion 5 of each socket-.

members 4, being oscillatorily arranged therein and being adapted to be fixed in variously adjusted positions, as will be evident.

Suitably secured to the upper free end of each standard or arm 12, by means of a perforated ear 1%, or in any other suitable man ner, is a tire-receiver, each tire-receiver comprising suitably formed yoke-shaped members or pieces, as 15 and 16, the one pair of free ends of which are pivotally connected in the usual and well-known manner, this means of connection therefore not being shown in the accompanying drawings; and the Said members '15 and 16 being suitably connected at their other ends by meanswof retaining-straps 17, or in any suitable manner, so as to be adapted to bearranged about and hold the automobile tile or shoe in place for future use, as will be clearly evident.

It will be clearly evident, that said stand ards or arms 12 maybe moved in directions either away from or toward each other, so as to space the said tire-receivers, carried thereby, farther apart or close to each other, whereby said tire-receivers or holders may be properly adjusted to automobile-tires or :shoes oflarge or small diameters, or of any size; and, when said standards or arms are so spaced, to cause the same to assume their proper ad usted positions with relatlon to V the size of the tire'or shoe desired to be in the various arrangements and combina-' tions of the several devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the said parts without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the foregoing specification, and as defined in the claims which are appended thereto. Hence,I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the-various devices and parts as'described in'the said specification, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of the said parts, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. v a

I claim 1. In a tire-carrier, the combination with a pair of split receiving sockets adapted to be spaced apart and alined with'each other. on the running board or other convenient part of an automobile, of a pair of standards, said standards each having, a

foot-piece extendingv at right angles from its 7 7 lower end and adapted to be received in said receiving sockets to pivotally and adjustably mount said standards so that their upper ends maybe swung away from or toward each other, clamp-screws for-binding said splitl receiving sockets about said j foot-pieces to rigidly hold said standards in desired adjusted positions, tire-embracing devices pivotally connected with the upper ends of said standards so as to be adjustable to the tire to be embraced thereby and to the angular disposition of said standards other on the running board or other convenient part of an automobile, of a pair of standards, said standards each having a foot-piece extending at right angles from when adjusted to the diameter of said tire, and means for holdmg said fire-embracing its lower end and adapted to be received in a a said receiving sockets toapivotally and ad 'justably mount said standards so that their upper ends may be swung away from or 7 toward each other, clamp-screws for binding said split receiving sockets about said foot-pieces to rigidly hold I said standards in desired adjusted positions, tire-embracing devices and means for holding said tire-embracing devices in engagement with said tire.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of Dec. 1911.

V FREDK. W. EHRLICH. Witnesses: T

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, FREDK H. W. FRAENTZEL.

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